Chapter 25
Derek was on his way home after a very emotional day. He had learnt that Meredith had left the hospital alone a while ago and he wanted nothing more than see her, hug her and love her. She hadn't asked for him and he didn't know what to make of it.
"Derek, where are you going?"
Addison came running after him.
"Home"
"I'll come with you."
"No"
"But we need to plan the move to LA."
"You need to plan your move Dr Montgomery."
"But"
"Good bye Dr Montgomery and have a nice life."
"I love you"
She was yelling behind him as he got in his car leaving her behind. He wondered what was wrong with her. He broke up with her and she didn't really understand. It was like she was lacking something in her social skill. She was delusional. He saw in the rear mirror that she was standing in the parking lot yelling. Derek just wanted peace and serenity to think about Meredith and forget about the baby scare Addison put him through. He knew he could not just expect Meredith to fall into his arms but he wanted her to do it. He wished that she would remember them and come to him.
Addison hauls a cab from the line outside the hospital. She tells the driver to take her to the airport. Well inside the departure hall she realizes that all her things is in her apartment but she pulls her credit card out and buys a first class ticket on the next flight to LA. She is happy to leave the rain in Seattle and decides to find a movie star in California. He ought to be good looking and buy her all the pretty things she wants.
Meredith sat on the ferryboat. She had got on the first one arriving into the dock and she had stayed on it for the last couple of hours. It was her favorite spot and people came and left around her but she sat on the bench looking at the waves. Suddenly there is something in the air and she looks around. Standing a little bit at the side is a raven haired man... He is hunched over, his shoulders shaking as he cries. She slowly stands up. There is a force pulling her towards him and when she reaches him and puts her hand on his arm he jumps.
"Derek... please don't cry."
He turns and his eyes grow large realizing she is there. He has gone straight to his spot not looking at anyone. The only place he could think of away from his lake.
"Mer... oh Meredith... you're alive... I've missed you so much..."
He slowly raises his hand and strokes her cheek. The texture and feel is the right one. When she doesn't pull away he frames her face with both of his hands letting his thumbs caress her cheeks. His eyes lock with hers and all he sees is his Meredith. She was still there, her eyes was the window to her soul that he love so much. Her eyes were full of tears threatening to overflow. Why didn't he see her before? She is Meredith not Lisa.
"I'm sorry"
She whispers reaching up to feel his five a clock shadow adorning his cheeks.
"What do you have to be sorry for?"
"Leaving you alone."
"I'm the one that should be sorry. I was driving and I shouldn't have turned the wheels while we were waiting for the road to be free. Please don't hate me."
"It was an accident. I can't hate you but I'm mad at my mother most of all."
"I hate your mother... but I love you."
"You do?"
Her voice shows hope and fear at the same time.
"I will always love you. You are my light."
She remembers the flashlight he carries at work.
"I bought you that light."
"Yes but I got after you... died. It was in your locker with a note on."
"That sentence sounds strange since I'm not dead."
She giggles and he can't take it any longer but wraps her into his arms. Her body still fitting perfectly against his, his body has not forgotten her. He becomes instantly aroused. The scent of lavender engulfs him and her breast presses against the right spots as well as her hips. He moans when the feeling hits him and nuzzles his face into her short hair.
"Do you remember everything?"
"No but a lot. Every memory activates a new one. It is quite tiring."
"Meredith I just want to hold you like this. Can I do that?"
"Yes, but what will your girlfriend say?"
"Girlfriend?"
"Yeah, the redheaded doctor my roommates hate."
"I broke up with her yesterday. You have been on my mind the last couple of weeks and I realized that she was not the one. She couldn't push you out of my mind."
"You broke up because of me?"
She tries to take a step back but he holds her firmly in his arms.
"Yes, but not you, the memory of you have been haunting me and since I'm still in love with you I can't be with someone else."
He looks at her solemnly.
"You don't know me."
"Oh, yes I do. I know how you scrunch you nose waking up and I hope to see that a lot in the future. I know you love pepperoni pizza with extra cheese, especially cold the next morning. You are a horrible cook but makes excellent coffee. You eat more than me and you drink tequila as shots. You are the brain behind the Grey-Shepherd Method that I worked on to get over grieving for you. Your name connected to mine is the one thing I am most proud of. You twist your watch when you are nervous. Do I need to continue?"
"Please but not now. My head can't take anymore today."
"Do you have a headache, should I take you to the ER. Have you any pain meds with you?"
"Hold it. I don't take meds for head ache and it is all that happened today that made my head full."
"Oh"
He looks so relieved that Meredith giggles again. His eyes immediately focus on her lips.
"I want to kiss you. Can I kiss you?"
She looks at him and can only nod as she gets caught in his gaze. Slowly he tilts his head and leans in taking his time before letting his lips slowly caress hers. Her eyes close in memory and she remembers, her whole body remembers him. They stay fused together until the ferryboat closes in on the harbor.
"Do you want to come home to my place? I live on this island."
She nods but she adds.
"No hokey pokey yet, I want to get to know me and you first."
"I would like if you stayed overnight just so I can hold you in my arms. I promise that my hands will be nice. Please, call your roommates and tell them you are with me."
"My roommates, I will have to tell them everything."
"Don't worry; they got a short version from Richard earlier today. You only have to tell them where you are so they won't worry and remember to answer when they call you Meredith."
She leaned her head on his shoulder and he kept one arm wrapped around her while they walk down to his car. His world was turning to the better.
Derek had had trouble falling asleep with Meredith by his side. They had arrived at his trailer with him feeling nervous. What if she hated his place? Stepping out of the car she had looked around.
"Where are we?"
"This land… I bought this land when I moved here after the accident. I spent a month drunk in our apartment before Mark pulled me out of the door literary… He took me to the hospital and I couldn't work there any longer. You were everywhere and everyone showed me pity. I resigned and Mark and I both transferred here. I didn't want an apartment and found this land. I've been thinking of building a house but for now I live in that trailer."
While walking side by side they had reached the field where the silver colored trailer was parked. Meredith looked at it and a beautiful smile grow on her face, lightning her feature and making her eyes sparkle. She had reached out for his hand and asked him to show her.
He had served her grilled fish and a salad that they ate while sneaking glances of each other. When he dropped his napkin she watched the muscles in his arm fletch when her reached down to pick it up. She watched him as he stole glimpses of her pale skin in her low cut sweater. They finished their meal without speaking.
"Well we should get to bed… do you mind sleeping in my bed with me or should I make up the sofa bed for me?"
She had reached out her hand and pulled him to the bed.
"Do you have a tee shirt I can use?"
"Sure"
He digged through his drawer and found her Dartmouth printed shirt. When she got it he saw her remembering it.
"You kept it?"
She whispered with tears in her eyes.
"It was the only thing that made it possible for me to sleep during the first month. Then my sister got it washed and I had to find something else."
"What?"
He opened the bathroom door and picked up a bottle of her conditioner.
"A drop of this on the pillow when newly washed did the trick."
He smiled sheepishly.
"Tonight I can have the real thing."
"I'll be right back"
Meredith returned shortly dressed in the tee shirt. She quickly slid under the covers on her side of the bed.
"Are you going to stand there or are you going to join me?"
It only took him seconds to change in the bath room to shorts and a tee shirt of his own. Well under the covers he pulled her towards him and she snuggled up into the crook of his neck. Her perfect pillow and the right place for his nose to get buried in her hair. She listened to his heart beat until her heart beat at the same rhythm before falling into an exhausted sleep.
Derek was awake. He was scared of falling asleep if all of the day was just a dream.
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Meredith woke up feeling trapped. Something kept her pinned to the mattress and something poked her behind. Turning her head she saw Derek spooning her and his arm keeping her close. She slowly turned around to study his sleeping handsome features, the crooked nose, the long eye lashes and the hair standing in all directions. He hd a tiny scar on his forehead that she didn't recognize. It must be evidence from their accident. She slowly trace it with a finger. His lips curled into a beautiful smile and she leaned up kissing him as her tongue licking his lips asking for entrance which he granted with a soft moan his hands slowly caressing her back under her tee-shirt. Meredith let her own hands wander along his well tuned body, feeling all the familiar planes. Reaching across his shorts she felt his big member straining against the fabric. She looked at him and he looked like he was in pure bliss. Her hands got braver and she let her hand slowly stroke him over the fabric. His hip shot upwards into the caress. She let her fingers trail the waist band and when reaching the tip of his cock he moaned. She could feel the pre-cum and wanted more. Withdrawing her hand to try and get her tee-shirt off he suddenly moved and flipped her on her back, pinning her under him.
"Don't stop on my account"
He leaned in and kissed her deeply, their tongues dueling in a kiss that took their breath away.
"I wasn't… I was going to get my tee shirt off"
"Let me help you"
He smirked with a wicked glint in his sparkling blue eyes. His hands slowly slid up under her shirt cupping her breasts, stroking her nipples into hard buds. When that wasn't enough he pulled the shirt over her head before looking at her rising to his knees.
"Oh, you are so beautiful Mer"
She sat up and pulled at his shirt as well.
"I want to see you."
He quickly lost the offending garment.
"Shorts too"
His eyes looked with hers as his hands pushed his shorts down his hips and making his cock pop out, pointing proudly at her.
"You too"
He reached down and pulled her panties down admiring her body as he pulled them off her long legs. He leaned down kissing his way up her legs. Before lying down on her shivering body he looked at her eyes.
"Do you want to do this? We can wait…"
She grabbed his curls and pushed her hips up needing contact with him. He looked into her dark green eyes as he felt her moist folds surrounding the tip of his cock. Her lips parted in a moan as he slowly sank into her welcoming heat. Well deep inside he turned his head back and closed his eyes resting on his knees and arms just holding still enjoying her heat and their connection. She got inpatient and tried to move her hips.
"Stay still… please Mer"
She could feel him twisting inside of her and slowly squeezed her female muscles around him. It was all it took to throw them both over the edge. His hot seamen warm and pulsing inside of her made her orgasm. His head fell forward and she saw tears sliding down his cheeks.
"Oh Mer… I love you."
"I love you Der"
They stayed connected just enjoying the feel of the other. Meredith had tears in her eyes as well. She felt at home. After what seemed like hours they finally separated, both feeling empty and alone.
"You want to shower with me before work?"
Derek asked with a wink as the bedside alarm went off. She nodded shyly taking his hand. It didn't take long until the shower was steamier than ever and both of them moaning while remembering the bendy thing.